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All About Nextcloud Cloudflare Tunnel
In today’s world, setting up our own private Nextcloud installation on a home server has become a popular choice. However, if we want to access it from outside our local network, it becomes a tad bit more difficult.
Fortunately, we can achieve this without exposing your server’s IP address to the world. This is where the Cloudflare Tunnel comes in handy.
Cloudflare Tunnel is a powerful and free service that offers a secure way to directly connect our server to Cloudflare. At the same time, it keeps our IP address hidden. This service helps us access our Nextcloud installation remotely.
How it works
- First, we have to install the cloudflared daemon on your server. This daemon will set up an encrypted tunnel between our server and Cloudflare.
$ wget -q https://bin.equinox.io/c/VdrWdbjqyF/cloudflared-stable-linux-amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i cloudflared-stable-linux-amd64.deb - After installation, it is time to authenticate our server with Cloudflare by running the tunnel login command.
$ cloudflared tunnel login - Next, we have to generate a tunnel with a unique name. For example:
$ cloudflared tunnel create nextcloudHere we have to replace nextcloud with the unique tunnel name.
- Then, we have to create a configuration file and define our tunnel settings. We have to include the correct tunnel ID and credentials file gotten from the tunnel creation command.
tunnel: 01f0928b-6a11-4254-854c-4173b5b74f2e
credentials-file: /home/janne/.cloudflared/01f0928b-6a11-4254-854c-4173b5b74f2e.json
ingress:
- hostname: nextcloud.ourdomain.com
service: http://192.168.1.22
- service: http_status:404 - Next, we have to configure our DNS settings on the Cloudflare web dashboard by adding a CNAME record. We have to point the CNAME target to <our-tunnel-id>.cfargotunnel.com. If we have multiple services using the same tunnel, we have to create separate CNAME entries for each hostname.
How to Start and Manage the Tunnel
- First, we have to install the tunnel as a service to make sure it is always active:
$ sudo cloudflared service install - Now, we can start and enable the Cloudflare service so that it runs in the background and starts automatically upon server boot.
$ sudo systemctl start cloudflared
$ sudo systemctl enable cloudflared - If we make changes to the configuration file, we have to restart the service for the changes to take effect.
$ sudo systemctl restart cloudflared
After setting up the Cloudflare Tunnel, we may run into the “Access through untrusted domain” error. We can resolve this with these steps:
- First, we have to find and edit the config.php file in our Nextcloud installation directory.
- Then, we must add our new domain to the trusted_domains list in the config.php file.
'trusted_domains' =>
array (
0 => 'localhost',
1 => '192.168.1.22',
2 => 'nextcloud.yourdomain.com',
),
After the above steps, we will be able to access our Nextcloud server securely through our configured domain.
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Conclusion
In summary, our Support Techs demonstrated how to set up Nextcloud Cloudflare Tunnel.
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Hello,
I recently followed your article on setting up Cloudflare Tunnel for Nextcloud, and it’s been incredibly helpful. However, I’m encountering a couple of issues within the Nextcloud admin panel:
“Your web server is not properly set up to resolve ‘/.well-known/caldav’. Further information can be found in the documentation.”
“Your web server is not properly set up to resolve ‘/.well-known/carddav’. Further information can be found in the documentation.”
I’ve followed all the steps in your guide but still see these errors. Could you provide any advice or additional steps to resolve these issues?
Thank you!
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